Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Robert Baird was transported on the Bangalore, departing 1st Jan 1850 and arriving 30th Apr 1850 with 302 passengers.
Built 1843 at Jersey. Wood barque of 877 Tons.
Bangalore (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 165 (84) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
c1828: Stated aged 21, in 1849 Quarterly list in prisons and on hulks. 5-Jul-1847: Robert Baird, a boatman, of Linlithgow, tried for the crime of theft at High Street, Linlithgow. Tried at High Court, Edinburgh. Verdict: Guilty, Verdict Comments: Guilty in terms of own confession, Sentence: Transportation - 7 years. [National Records of Scotland, High Court of Justiciary processes, JC26/1847/628] 30-Sep-1849: Detained on the Prison Hulk, Stirling Castle, at Portsmouth. [Great Britain Home Office & Australian Joint Copying Project & National Library of Australia & Library of New South Wales & Great Britain Public Record Office., "Quarterly list in prisons and on hulks, 1849, (File 99-101. AJCP Reel No: 5206)", Stirling Castle Convict Hulk at Portsmouth, Page 41] 1850: Ticket of Leave. District of Moreton Bay., 1850 in Brisbane, Queensland. 15-Oct-1850: Ticket of Leave 50/0345; On the recommendation of Commissioner of Crown Lands Darling Downs, Queensland. [NSW Archives: Tickets of Leave Passports, 1835-1869, [4/4276; Reel 980] ] 24-Jun-1852: Ticket of Leave cancelled on the recommendation of Commissioner of Crown Lands, Darling Downs, for having absented himself from his district. [The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Page 4. - 24 June 1852]